a testimoniare la vicinanza...la maestosa - What is the English translation? English translators help general English translators with the translation of a testimoniare la vicinanza...la maestosa

Conges terminology question

113 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	a testimoniare la vicinanza...la maestosa
Context:	L'esperienza che stava vivendo, del resto, sembrava dargli ragione: oltre al fatto che nessuno aveva scoperto quel passaggio più a nord o a più a sud, a testimoniare la vicinanza del Mare Indico c'era la cultura più evoluta degli indios che vivevano da quelle parti, la maestosa canoa che aveva incontrato e che certamente veniva dalle terre del Gran Khan. I'm drawing a blank about how the different elements in this sentence, the "nearness', "culture", and "canoe" are interrelated. Thanks

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to witness that near the Indian Ocean was the most advanced culture of the Indians living in these parts, and the majestic

My comment:

The experience that he was living, after all, seemed to prove him right: besides the fact that no one had discovered that passage further north or further south, to witness that near the Indian Ocean was the most advanced culture of the Indians living in these parts, and the majestic canoe which was encountered and certainly came from the land of the Great Khan

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My try! Not obvious.